It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

